Plenty of Ideas About Student Aid, but No Road Map

By STEPHEN BURD

Proposals on access lack specificity, students and college
officials complain

In its final draft report, the Commission on the Future of
Higher Education calls for restructuring student aid, simplifying
the application form for federal aid, and curbing the growth of
college costs and prices. But the panel provides few details of how
to achieve those aims.

Lobbyists for colleges and students — and even some
commission members — say the lack of specificity